Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2001 Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii, USA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ 17h00

📍 Location

Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, portion of board's lower surface removed

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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